Noun: untangling ,ún'tang-g(u-)ling
- The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
"The untangling of the fishing line took patience and skill";
- unsnarling, disentanglement, extrication
- Free from a complicated or confusing situation
"I cannot untangle myself from this task";
- extricate, disentangle, disencumber [archaic], disinvolve [rare], disembroil [archaic]
- Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
"untangle the thread";
- unravel, unknot, unscramble, unpick
Type of: discharge, disengage, free, freeing, liberation, release, undo
Encyclopedia: Untangling